The What, the Why, and the How of Lipoatrophy in HIV

A special-topic slide set by Visionary Health Concepts

Faculty Disclosures

The planning committee and faculty members have the following disclosures:

CEU Chairperson

Andrew Carr, MBBS, MD, FRACP, FRCPA

St. Vincent's Hospital; Professor of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Dr. Andrew Carr has the following relationships to disclose: grants for paid research, speaker’s bureau and advisory boards from Abbott Laboratories.

Editor

Maggie Sosa, APRN, BC, AACRN, ACHPNNP

Nurse Practitioner, Broadway House for Continuing Care, Newark, NJ, USA

Maggie Sosa has no relationships to disclose.

Writers

Lillian Thiemann

President, Visionary Health Concepts, Gardiner, NY, USA

Lillian Thiemann has no relationships to disclose.

Deneen Robinson

Savant Consultants , Dallas TX, USA

Deneen Robinson has the following relationships to disclose: stock ownership: Abbott Laboratories; advisory committee: Bristol-Myers Squibb; speaker’s bureau: Gilead Sciences.

Accredited Provider

The employees of Medical Education Collaborative, the accredited provider for this activity, have no significant relationships to disclose.

CEU Chair

Andrew Carr, MD

Editor

Maggie Sosa, NP

Writers

Lillian Thiemann

Deneen Robinson

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CEU INFORMATION

This activity is joint sponsored by Visionary Health Concepts and Medical Education Collaborative (MEC). MEC is a non-profit organization that has been certifying quality educational activities since 1988.

This activity was made possible by an educational grant from Abbott Laboratories.

Accreditation Statement(s): ANCC

Medical Education Collaborative (MEC) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. RNs, LPNs, LVNs and NPs can receive up to .7 contact hours for participation in this program. This program is cosponsored with Medical Education Collaborative, Inc. (MEC) and Visionary Health Concepts. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 12990, for .8 contact hour(s).

For patients!

“Lipoatrophy: Fat Loss in HIV”

A 1-page pamphlet (in English and Spanish) PLUS a wall poster designed to increase consumers’ understanding of fat loss in HIV and patient-provider communication on this topic.

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Editor-in-Chief, Lillian Thiemann.